Tag: Lester Rowntree

After her car could go no higher, Lester Rowntree would be accompanied by burro or mule.

Lester Rowntree, a hardy Californian

Why do they do it? Not for fortune or fame–few outside native plant circles know who they are.  People like Lester Rowntree, a plant explorer extraordinaire, who traveled the length and breadth of California to find and record the locations and characteristics of California native plants simply lived for this ‘doing.’ When’s the last time you thought…